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The Thunder (30-6) are fresh off their first loss in over a month. The Cleveland Cavaliers snapped OKC's franchise-best 15-game win streak on Wednesday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 31 points. Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen each had a 20-plus-point double-double.

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While the Thunder officially had a 15-game winning streak, the loss was their second in a little more than three weeks. Oklahoma City’s 97-81 defeat by the Bucks in the NBA Cup championship game on Dec 17 is not counted as a regular-season game.

Towns has been dealing with a knee injury suffered during the team's weekend stretch of losses to the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Chicago Bulls. It caused him to miss Monday's 104-93 loss to the Orlando Magic. Even if he tried his best to return to action at home.

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Monday’s game was reminiscent of the Knicks’ Jan. 3 loss in Oklahoma City, when the Thunder outscored them, 37-19, in the fourth quarter, and of a Jan. 4 loss in Chicago, when the Bulls outscored them, 38-17 in the third quarter.